Moel y Gest
Moel y Gest is a 263 m hill to the west of Porthmadog in North Wales. It is a very rocky hill with high topographic prominence because of the lower land that surrounds it on all sides, and qualifies as a Marilyn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 863 feet
- Description: hill (263m) in Gwynedd
- Also known as: “Moel-Y-Gest”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Porthmadog railway station and Porthmadog railway station.
Porthmadog railway station
Railway station
Photo: PiffPuffPickle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porthmadog railway station serves the town of Porthmadog on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Pwllheli, Harlech, Barmouth, Machynlleth, Shrewsbury and Birmingham.
Porthmadog railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porthmadog railway station is the southern terminus of the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway and serves the western end of the town of Porthmadog in Gwynedd, Wales.
Masonic Hall
Community center
Photo: Arthur C Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Masonic Hall is a community center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morfa Bychan and Tremadog.
Morfa Bychan
Village
Photo: Peter Gordois, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morfa Bychan is a village located in Gwynedd, North Wales, with a population of over 500, with an almost equal number of people born in England or Wales.
Tremadog
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tremadog is a village in the community of Porthmadog, in Gwynedd, north west Wales; about one mile north of Porthmadog town centre. It was a planned settlement, founded by William Madocks, who bought the land in 1798.
Moel y Gest
- Categories: Marilyn, hill, and landform
- Location: Porthmadog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.92793° or 52° 55′ 41″ northLongitude
-4.15914° or 4° 9′ 33″ westElevation
863 feet (263 metres)Open location code
9C4QWRHR+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 3289824066OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Moel y Gest” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Moel-y-gest”
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